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The relationship of personality and knowledge sharing

Knowledge sharing is a fundamental process of knowledge management. Knowledge sharing may be seen as a set of behaviour by which individuals in an organization voluntarily provide access to their knowledge and experiences. Knowledge sharing of individuals could be influenced by their personality cha...

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Main Author: Hummad, Saleha
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2015
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HD28 Management. Industrial Management
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spelling my.utm.540082020-10-14T08:51:59Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/54008/ The relationship of personality and knowledge sharing Hummad, Saleha HD28 Management. Industrial Management Knowledge sharing is a fundamental process of knowledge management. Knowledge sharing may be seen as a set of behaviour by which individuals in an organization voluntarily provide access to their knowledge and experiences. Knowledge sharing of individuals could be influenced by their personality characteristics. Therefore, the aim of this research is to study and enhance the understanding of the relationship of personality traits (namely agreeableness, conscientiousness, extraversion and openness to experience) and knowledge sharing. Questionnaire was used to collect data from the management staff of Engro Fertilizers Limited, Pakistan. The data collected were empirically tested using Pearson’s Correlation via SPSS software. The results of the study show that the personality traits are important individual characteristics that influence knowledge sharing. In this study, agreeableness and openness to experience have been found to have a positive significant relationship with knowledge sharing. 2015-04 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/54008/1/SalehaHummadMFM2015.pdf Hummad, Saleha (2015) The relationship of personality and knowledge sharing. Masters thesis, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Management.
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Hummad, Saleha
The relationship of personality and knowledge sharing
description Knowledge sharing is a fundamental process of knowledge management. Knowledge sharing may be seen as a set of behaviour by which individuals in an organization voluntarily provide access to their knowledge and experiences. Knowledge sharing of individuals could be influenced by their personality characteristics. Therefore, the aim of this research is to study and enhance the understanding of the relationship of personality traits (namely agreeableness, conscientiousness, extraversion and openness to experience) and knowledge sharing. Questionnaire was used to collect data from the management staff of Engro Fertilizers Limited, Pakistan. The data collected were empirically tested using Pearson’s Correlation via SPSS software. The results of the study show that the personality traits are important individual characteristics that influence knowledge sharing. In this study, agreeableness and openness to experience have been found to have a positive significant relationship with knowledge sharing.
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title The relationship of personality and knowledge sharing
title_short The relationship of personality and knowledge sharing
title_full The relationship of personality and knowledge sharing
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url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/54008/1/SalehaHummadMFM2015.pdf
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